This page is under construction. The intent is to point out which senators and representatives support the right to bear arms, aka the Second Amendment. The data used is gathered from the document mentioned below, a court brief that was signed and submitted by 58 senators and 251 representatives.

You should seriously consider reading the brief. Link to the PDF is below. If you love arguing why the 2nd Amendment is important, it's a must read!

McDonald v. Chicago -- Friend of Court Brief

Thirty-three amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs for this case have been filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court.[21]

One of these briefs was filed by U.S. senators Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R, TX) and John Tester (D, MT) and U.S. representatives Mark Souder (R, IN) and Mike Ross (D, AR) asking the Supreme Court to find in favor of the petitioners and rule that the Second Amendment does apply to the states. The brief was signed by 58 senators and 251 representatives, more members of Congress than any amicus curiae brief in history.

Read the summary

Read the entire Brief

Senate

States and their Senator Support for McDonald
Both Senators Signed: (25)	AK, AL, AZ, CO, GA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NV, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY
One Senator Signed: (8)	AR, FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, OH, WI
Neither Senator Signed: (17)	CA, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, MI, ND, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA, WV

Failure of a Senator to proactively sign this brief does not necessarily mean they didn't support its contents. They may have been too lazy or scared to man up. However, those who did sign are listed below, and you should consider making sure they get re-elected when their term ends!

Senate support for McDonald
Senator	State	Party	Sex	Born	Term Ends
Lisa A. Murkowski	AK	Rep.	F	1957	2011
Mark P. Begich	AK	Dem.	M	1962	2015
Jefferson B. Sessions, III	AL	Rep.	M	1946	2015
Richard C. Shelby	AL	Rep.	M	1934	2011
Blanche L. Lincoln	AR	Dem.	F	1960	2011
Jon L. Kyl	AZ	Rep.	M	1942	2013
John S. McCain, III	AZ	Rep.	M	1936	2011
Michael F. Bennet	CO	Dem.	M	1964	2011
Mark E. Udall	CO	Dem.	M	1950	2015
George S. LeMieux	FL	Rep.	M	1969	2011
C. Saxby Chambliss	GA	Rep.	M	1943	2015
John H. Isakson	GA	Rep.	M	1944	2011
Charles E. Grassley	IA	Rep.	M	1933	2011
Michael D. Crapo	ID	Rep.	M	1951	2011
James E. Risch	ID	Rep.	M	1943	2015
B. Evans Bayh, III	IN	Dem.	M	1955	2011
Samuel D. Brownback	KS	Rep.	M	1956	2100
C. Patrick Roberts	KS	Rep.	M	1936	2015
James P. D. Bunning	KY	Rep.	M	1931	2011
A. Mitchell McConnell	KY	Rep.	M	1942	2015
Mary L. Landrieu	LA	Dem.	F	1955	2015
David B. Vitter	LA	Rep.	M	1961	2011
Susan M. Collins	ME	Rep.	F	1952	2015
Olympia J. Snowe	ME	Rep.	F	1947	2013
Amy J. Klobuchar	MN	Dem.	F	1960	2013
Christopher "Kit" S. Bond	MO	Rep.	M	1939	2011
W. Thad Cochran	MS	Rep.	M	1937	2015
Roger F. Wicker	MS	Rep.	M	1951	2013
Max S. Baucus	MT	Dem.	M	1941	2015
R. Jon Tester	MT	Dem.	M	1956	2013
Kay R. Hagan	NC	Dem.	F	1953	2015
Richard M. Burr	NC	Rep.	M	1955	2011
Michael O. Johanns	NE	Rep.	M	1950	2015
E. Benjamin Nelson	NE	Dem.	M	1941	2013
C. Jeanne Shaheen	NH	Dem.	F	1947	2015
Judd A. Gregg	NH	Rep.	M	1947	2011
John E. Ensign	NV	Rep.	M	1958	2013
Harry M. Reid	NV	Dem.	M	1939	2011
George V. Voinovich	OH	Rep.	M	1936	2011
Thomas A. Coburn	OK	Rep.	M	1948	2011
James M. Inhofe	OK	Rep.	M	1934	2015
Robert P. Casey, Jr.	PA	Dem.	M	1960	2013
Arlen Specter	PA	Dem.	M	1930	2011
James W. DeMint	SC	Rep.	M	1951	2011
Lindsey O. Graham	SC	Rep.	M	1955	2015
Timothy P. Johnson	SD	Dem.	M	1946	2015
John R. Thune	SD	Rep.	M	1961	2011
A. Lamar Alexander	TN	Rep.	M	1940	2015
Robert P. Corker, Jr.	TN	Rep.	M	1952	2013
Kay Bailey Hutchison	TX	Rep.	F	1943	2013
John Cornyn, III	TX	Rep.	M	1952	2015
Robert F. Bennett	UT	Rep.	M	1933	2011
Orrin G. Hatch	UT	Rep.	M	1934	2013
Mark R. Warner	VA	Dem.	M	1954	2015
James H. Webb, Jr.	VA	Dem.	M	1946	2013
Russell D. Feingold	WI	Dem.	M	1953	2011
John A. Barrasso	WY	Rep.	M	1952	2013
Michael B. Enzi	WY	Rep.	M	1944	2015

The age average of supporting senators matches the age average of all senators, approx 63 years of age.

Of the supporting senators, 23 terms end in 2011, 13 terms end in 2013, and 21 terms end in 2015.

The document was signed by 58 Senators Total.
39 Senators were Republican	67.24%
19 Senators were Democrat	32.76%

49 Senators were Male	84.48%
9 Senators were Female	15.52%

35 Senators were Male Republicans	60.34%
14 Senators were Male Democrats	24.14%
5 Senators were Female Democrats	08.62%
4 Senators were Female Republicans	06.90%

Congress

The 251 of the 435 Representatives of the House of Congress signed their support for Gun Rights in the McDonald brief. This was more members of Congress than any amicus curiae brief in the history of the United States.

House support for McDonald
Representative	State	Party	Sex	Born
Donald E. Young	AK-AL	Rep.
Robert B. Aderholt	AL-04	Rep.
Josiah R. Bonner, Jr.	AL-1	Rep.
Bobby N. Bright, Sr.	AL-2	Dem.
Michael D. Rogers	AL-3	Rep.
Parker Griffith	AL-5	Dem.
Spencer T. Bachus, III	AL-6	Rep.
Artur G. Davis	AL-7	Dem.
Marion Berry	AR-1	Dem.
John N. Boozman	AR-3	Rep.
Michael A. Ross	AR-4	Dem.
Ann L. Kirkpatrick	AZ-1	Dem.
Trent Franks	AZ-2	Rep.
John B. Shadegg	AZ-3	Rep.
Harry E. Mitchell	AZ-5	Dem.
Jeff Flake	AZ-6	Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords	AZ-8	Dem.
Dennis A. Cardoza	CA-18	Dem.
George P. Radanovich	CA-19	Rep.
Walter W. Herger	CA-2	Rep.
Devin G. Nunes	CA-21	Rep.
Kevin O. McCarthy	CA-22	Rep.
Elton W. Gallegly	CA-24	Rep.
Howard P. McKeon	CA-25	Rep.
David T. Dreier	CA-26	Rep.
Daniel E. Lungren	CA-3	Rep.
Thomas M. McClintock, II	CA-4	Rep.
Edward R. Royce	CA-40	Rep.
C. Jeremy Lewis	CA-41	Rep.
Gary G. Miller	CA-42	Rep.
Joe Baca	CA-43	Dem.
Kenneth S. Calvert	CA-44	Rep.
Mary Bono Mack	CA-45	Rep.
Dana T. Rohrabacher	CA-46	Rep.
John B. T. Campbell, III	CA-48	Rep.
Darrell E. Issa	CA-49	Rep.
Brian P. Bilbray	CA-50	Rep.
Duncan D. Hunter	CA-52	Rep.
John T. Salazar	CO-3	Dem.
Elizabeth H. Markey	CO-4	Dem.
Douglas L. Lamborn	CO-5	Rep.
Michael Coffman	CO-6	Rep.
Joseph D. Courtney	CT-2	Dem.
Jefferson B. Miller	FL-1	Rep.
C. William Young	FL-10	Rep.
Adam H. Putnam	FL-12	Rep.
Vernon G. Buchanan	FL-13	Rep.
Cornelius H. McGillicuddy, IV	FL-14	Rep.
William Posey	FL-15	Rep.
Thomas J. Rooney	FL-16	Rep.
Ileana C. Ros-Lehtinen	FL-18	Rep.
F. Allen Boyd, Jr.	FL-2	Dem.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	FL-21	Rep.
Mario Diaz-Balart	FL-25	Rep.
Ander Crenshaw	FL-4	Rep.
Virginia Brown-Waite	FL-5	Rep.
Clifford B. Stearns	FL-6	Rep.
John L. Mica	FL-7	Rep.
Gus M. Bilirakis	FL-9	Rep.
John H. Kingston	GA-1	Rep.
Paul C. Broun	GA-10	Rep.
J. Phillip Gingrey	GA-11	Rep.
John J. Barrow	GA-12	Dem.
Sanford D. Bishop	GA-2	Dem.
Lynn A. Westmoreland	GA-3	Rep.
Thomas E. Price	GA-6	Rep.
John E. Linder	GA-7	Rep.
James C. Marshall	GA-8	Dem.
J. Nathan Deal	GA-9	Rep.
Leonard L. Boswell	IA-3	Dem.
Thomas P. Latham	IA-4	Rep.
Steven A. King	IA-5	Rep.
Walter C. Minnick	ID-1	Dem.
Michael K. Simpson	ID-2	Rep.
Deborah L. Halvorson	IL-11	Dem.
Jerry F. Costello	IL-12	Dem.
Judith B. Biggert	IL-13	Rep.
Timothy V. Johnson	IL-15	Rep.
Donald A. Manzullo	IL-16	Rep.
Aaron J. Schock	IL-18	Rep.
John M. Shimkus	IL-19	Rep.
Peter J. Roskam	IL-6	Rep.
Joseph S. Donnelly	IN-2	Dem.
Mark E. Souder	IN-3	Rep.
Stephen E. Buyer	IN-4	Rep.
Danny L. Burton	IN-5	Rep.
Michael R. Pence	IN-6	Rep.
Brad Ellsworth	IN-8	Dem.
Baron P. Hill	IN-9	Dem.
Jerry Moran	KS-1	Rep.
Lynn M. Jenkins	KS-2	Rep.
W. Todd Tiahrt	KS-4	Rep.
W. Edward Whitfield	KY-1	Rep.
S. Brett Guthrie	KY-2	Rep.
Geoffrey C. Davis	KY-4	Rep.
Harold D. Rogers	KY-5	Rep.
A. Benjamin Chandler, III	KY-6	Dem.
Stephen J. Scalise	LA-1	Rep.
Anh Quang Cao	LA-2	Rep.
Charles J. Melancon, Sr.	LA-3	Dem.
John C. Fleming, Jr.	LA-4	Rep.
Rodney M. Alexander	LA-5	Rep.
William M. Cassidy	LA-6	Rep.
Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	LA-7	Rep.
Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.	MD-1	Dem.
Roscoe G. Bartlett	MD-6	Rep.
Michael H. Michaud	ME-2	Dem.
Bart T. Stupak	MI-1	Dem.
Candice S. Miller	MI-10	Rep.
Thaddeus G. McCotter	MI-11	Rep.
John D. Dingell	MI-15	Dem.
Peter Hoekstra	MI-2	Rep.
David L. Camp	MI-4	Rep.
Frederick S. Upton	MI-6	Rep.
Mark H. Schauer	MI-7	Dem.
Michael J. Rogers	MI-8	Rep.
Gary C. Peters	MI-9	Dem.
Timothy J. Walz	MN-1	Dem.
John P. Kline, Jr.	MN-2	Rep.
Erik P. Paulsen	MN-3	Rep.
Michele M. Bachmann	MN-6	Rep.
Collin C. Peterson	MN-7	Dem.
James L. Oberstar	MN-8	Dem.
W. Todd Akin	MO-2	Rep.
Samuel B. Graves, Jr.	MO-6	Rep.
Roy D. Blunt	MO-7	Rep.
Jo Ann H. Emerson	MO-8	Rep.
Blaine Luetkemeyer	MO-9	Rep.
Travis W. Childers	MS-1	Dem.
Gregg Harper	MS-3	Rep.
G. Eugene Taylor	MS-4	Dem.
Dennis R. Rehberg	MT-AL	Rep.
Patrick T. McHenry	NC-10	Rep.
J. Heath Shuler	NC-11	Dem.
Walter B. Jones, Jr.	NC-3	Rep.
Virginia A. Foxx	NC-5	Rep.
J. Howard Coble	NC-6	Rep.
D. Carmichael McIntyre, II	NC-7	Dem.
Lawrence W. Kissell	NC-8	Dem.
Sue W. Myrick	NC-9	Rep.
Earl R. Pomeroy	ND-AL	Dem.
Jeffrey L. Fortenberry	NE-1	Rep.
Lee R. Terry	NE-2	Rep.
Adrian M. Smith	NE-3	Rep.
Paul W. Hodes	NH-2	Dem.
Frank A. LoBiondo	NJ-2	Rep.
E. Scott Garrett	NJ-5	Rep.
Leonard Lance	NJ-7	Rep.
Martin T. Heinrich	NM-1	Dem.
Harry Teague	NM-2	Dem.
Dean Heller	NV-2	Rep.
Scott Murphy	NY-20	Dem.
William L. Owens	NY-23	Dem.
Michael A. Arcuri	NY-24	Dem.
Christopher J. Lee	NY-26	Rep.
Eric J. J. Massa	NY-29	Dem.
Patrick J. Tiberi	OH-12	Rep.
Steven C. LaTourette	OH-14	Rep.
John A. Boccieri	OH-16	Dem.
Timothy J. Ryan	OH-17	Dem.
Zachary T. Space	OH-18	Dem.
Jean Schmidt	OH-2	Rep.
Michael R. Turner	OH-3	Rep.
James D. Jordan	OH-4	Rep.
Robert E. Latta	OH-5	Rep.
Charles A. Wilson	OH-6	Dem.
Stephen Austria	OH-7	Rep.
John A. Boehner	OH-8	Rep.
John M. Sullivan	OK-1	Rep.
D. Daniel Boren	OK-2	Dem.
Frank D. Lucas	OK-3	Rep.
Thomas J. Cole	OK-4	Rep.
Mary C. Fallin	OK-5	Rep.
Gregory P. Walden	OR-2	Rep.
Peter A. DeFazio	OR-4	Dem.
Kurt Schrader	OR-5	Dem.
Christopher P. Carney	PA-10	Dem.
Paul E. Kanjorski	PA-11	Dem.
John P. Murtha, Jr.	PA-12	Dem.
Charles W. Dent	PA-15	Rep.
Joseph R. Pitts	PA-16	Rep.
T. Timothy Holden	PA-17	Dem.
Timothy F. Murphy	PA-18	Rep.
Todd R. Platts	PA-19	Rep.
Jason Altmire	PA-4	Dem.
Glenn W. Thompson, Jr.	PA-5	Rep.
James W. Gerlach	PA-6	Rep.
Patrick J. Murphy	PA-8	Dem.
William F. Shuster	PA-9	Rep.
Henry E. Brown, Jr.	SC-1	Rep.
Addison G. Wilson	SC-2	Rep.
J. Gresham Barrett	SC-3	Rep.
Robert D. Inglis	SC-4	Rep.
Stephanie M. Herseth Sandlin	SD-AL	Dem.
D. Phil Roe	TN-1	Rep.
John J. Duncan, Jr.	TN-2	Rep.
Zachary P. Wamp	TN-3	Rep.
Lincoln E. Davis	TN-4	Dem.
James H. S. Cooper	TN-5	Dem.
Barton J. Gordon	TN-6	Dem.
Marsha W. Blackburn	TN-7	Rep.
John S. Tanner	TN-8	Dem.
Stephen I. Cohen	TN-9	Dem.
Louis B. Gohmert, Jr.	TX-1	Rep.
Michael T. McCaul	TX-10	Rep.
K. Michael Conaway	TX-11	Rep.
Kay M. Granger	TX-12	Rep.
W. McClellan Thornberry	TX-13	Rep.
Silvestre Reyes	TX-16	Dem.
T. Chester Edwards	TX-17	Dem.
Robert R. Neugebauer	TX-19	Rep.
L. Ted Poe	TX-2	Rep.
Lamar S. Smith	TX-21	Rep.
Peter G. Olson	TX-22	Rep.
Ciro D. Rodriguez	TX-23	Dem.
Kenny E. Marchant	TX-24	Rep.
Michael C. Burgess	TX-26	Rep.
Solomon P. Ortiz	TX-27	Dem.
R. Enrique Cuellar	TX-28	Dem.
R. Eugene Green	TX-29	Dem.
R. Samuel Johnson	TX-3	Rep.
John R. Carter	TX-31	Rep.
Peter A. Sessions	TX-32	Rep.
Ralph M. Hall	TX-4	Rep.
T. Jeb Hensarling	TX-5	Rep.
Joe L. Barton	TX-6	Rep.
John A. Culberson	TX-7	Rep.
Kevin P. Brady	TX-8	Rep.
Robert W. Bishop	UT-1	Rep.
James D. Matheson	UT-2	Dem.
Jason E. Chaffetz	UT-3	Rep.
Robert J. Wittman	VA-1	Rep.
Frank R. Wolf	VA-10	Rep.
Glenn C. Nye, III	VA-2	Dem.
J. Randy Forbes	VA-4	Rep.
Thomas S. P. Perriello	VA-5	Dem.
Robert W. Goodlatte	VA-6	Rep.
Eric I. Cantor	VA-7	Rep.
Frederick C. Boucher	VA-9	Dem.
Richard N. Hastings	WA-4	Rep.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	WA-5	Rep.
David G. Reichert	WA-8	Rep.
Paul D. Ryan	WI-1	Rep.
Ronald J. Kind	WI-3	Dem.
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	WI-5	Rep.
Thomas E. Petri	WI-6	Rep.
Steven L. Kagen	WI-8	Dem.
Alan B. Mollohan	WV-1	Dem.
Shelley M. Capito	WV-2	Rep.
Nick J. Rahall, II	WV-3	Dem.
Cynthia M. Lummis	WY-AL	Rep.

The document was signed by 251 of the 435 Representatives. (57.70% Support)
170 Representatives were Republican	67.73%
81 Representatives were Democrat	32.27%

x Representatives were Male	x%
x Representatives were Female	x%

x Representatives were Male Republicans	x%
x Representatives were Male Democrats	x%
x Representatives were Female Democrats	x%
x Representatives were Female Republicans	x%

Overall State Support for McDonald

In the following table, we combine the number of signatures from each state's Senator and Congressman, to get a feel of the state's over-all support of Gun Rights.

Each state has exactly 2 senators, but is represented by a variable number of Congressmen (House Representatives) based on the state's population. In the first column you'll find each state listed by abbreviation. The 2nd and 3rd columns represent the Senate support for Gun Rights. The 4th and 6th columns represent the House support for Gun Rights with the 5th column indicating the number of Congressmen in that state. The final 7th column is the combination of both halves, giving a total state's overall support for Gun Rights.

Certainly, larger states with more representatives will find it harder to achieve full 100% support for Gun Rights, which is why Texas only weighs in with 79.69% support even though more members of the House supported the Supreme Court's decision than Arkansas with 100% support between its 2 Senators and 1 Congressman.

You can sort by each column by clicking on the column header. I recommend comparing between the House Support column, and the Total Support column.

Over-All state support for the McDonald case and Gun Rights
State	Senate Support	Senate Support	House Support	House Size	House Support	Total Support
AK	2	100%	1	1	100.00%	100.00%
MT	2	100%	1	1	100.00%	100.00%
NE	2	100%	3	3	100.00%	100.00%
WY	2	100%	1	1	100.00%	100.00%
LA	2	100%	6	7	85.71%	92.86%
OK	2	100%	4	5	80.00%	90.00%
KS	2	100%	3	4	75.00%	87.50%
KY	2	100%	4	6	66.67%	83.33%
SC	2	100%	4	6	66.67%	83.33%
UT	2	100%	2	3	66.67%	83.33%
TX	2	100%	19	32	59.38%	79.69%
AL	2	100%	4	7	57.14%	78.57%
GA	2	100%	7	13	53.85%	76.92%
ID	2	100%	1	2	50.00%	75.00%
VA	2	100%	5	11	45.45%	72.73%
TN	2	100%	4	9	44.44%	72.22%
NC	2	100%	5	13	38.46%	69.23%
AZ	2	100%	3	8	37.50%	68.75%
PA	2	100%	7	19	36.84%	68.42%
NV	2	100%	1	3	33.33%	66.67%
CO	2	100%	2	7	28.57%	64.29%
MS	2	100%	1	4	25.00%	62.50%
FL	1	50%	15	25	60.00%	55.00%
MO	1	50%	5	9	55.56%	52.78%
ME	2	100%	0	2	0.00%	50.00%
NH	2	100%	0	2	0.00%	50.00%
SD	2	100%	0	1	0.00%	50.00%
IN	1	50%	4	9	44.44%	47.22%
OH	1	50%	8	18	44.44%	47.22%
IA	1	50%	2	5	40.00%	45.00%
MN	1	50%	3	8	37.50%	43.75%
WI	1	50%	3	8	37.50%	43.75%
AR	1	50%	1	4	25.00%	37.50%
MI	0	0%	6	15	40.00%	20.00%
CA	0	0%	19	53	35.85%	17.92%
WA	0	0%	3	9	33.33%	16.67%
WV	0	0%	1	3	33.33%	16.67%
IL	0	0%	6	19	31.58%	15.79%
NJ	0	0%	3	13	23.08%	11.54%
OR	0	0%	1	5	20.00%	10.00%
MD	0	0%	1	8	12.50%	6.25%
NY	0	0%	1	29	3.45%	1.72%
CT	0	0%	0	5	0.00%	0.00%
DE	0	0%	0	1	0.00%	0.00%
HI	0	0%	0	2	0.00%	0.00%
MA	0	0%	0	10	0.00%	0.00%
ND	0	0%	0	1	0.00%	0.00%
NM	0	0%	0	3	0.00%	0.00%
RI	0	0%	0	2	0.00%	0.00%
VT	0	0%	0	1	0.00%	0.00%